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ARTICLE-10: Authentication of the text     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) failing such procedure, by the signature, signature ad referendum or initialling by the representatives of those States of the text of the treaty or of the Final Act of a conference incorporating the text. ...
... (b) failing such procedure, by the signature, signature ad referendum or initialling by the representatives of those States of the text of the treaty or of the Final Act of a conference incorporating the text. ...


ARTICLE-11: Means of expressing consent to be bound by a treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The consent of a State to be bound by a treaty may be expressed by signature, exchange of instruments constituting a treaty, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, or by any other means if so agreed. ...


ARTICLE-12: Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by signature     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Consent to be bound by a treaty expressed by signature ...
... 1. The consent of a State to be bound by a treaty is expressed by the signature of its representative when: ...
... (a) the treaty provides that signature shall have that effect; ...
... (b) it is otherwise established that the negotiating States were agreed that signature should have that effect; or ...
... (c) the intention of the State to give that effect to the signature appears from the full powers of its representative or was expressed during the negotiation. ...
... (a) the initialling of a text constitutes a signature of the treaty when it is established that the negotiating States so agreed; ...
... (b) the signature ad referendum of a treaty by a representative, if confirmed by his State, constitutes a full signature of the treaty. ...
... (b) the signature ad referendum of a treaty by a representative, if confirmed by his State, constitutes a full signature of the treaty. ...


ARTICLE-77: Functions of depositaries     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) receiving any signatures to the treaty and receiving and keeping custody of any instruments, notifications and communications relating to it; ...
... (d) examining whether the signature or any instrument, notification or communication relating to the treaty is in due and proper form and, if need be, bringing the matter to the attention of the State in question; ...
... (f) informing the States entitled to become parties to the treaty when the number of signatures or of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession required for the entry into force of the treaty has been received or deposited; ...


ARTICLE-81: Signature     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Signature ...
... The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States Members of the United Nations or of any of the specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency or parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a party to the Convention, as follows: until 30 November 1969, at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, and subsequently, until 30 April 1970, at United Nations Headquarters, New York. ...